My boss is a liberal, and I work in many city and state buildings, so it is not an option while working. After hours is another story.
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
Been pondering getting my ccw but now Im sure I am
Why wait, open carry now.
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe, an Obama phone, free health insurance. and some Air Jordan's and he votes Democrat for a lifetime.
When I first went to work as a rural mail carrier in 1984, the Kentucky firearms laws stated that a mal carrier in his line of duty, could go armed. Of course, that was an archaic law, but one still on the books. I took advantage of it, and carried a pistol in my privately owned vehicle when I was on the route. I shot at groundhogs and coyotes, and carried a 357 during deer season, just in case. The Post Office finally came down on guns on postal property several years later, and I quit carrying for the most part. About 2 years before I retired, I was transferred out of my small rural office to one in a much bigger city. We were often out after dark, and had to drive thru the Black part of town to get there. I went back to keeping one in my truck, and figured I was close enough to retirement that I didn't give a crap if I got caught.
Sitting in some jackass coffee/beer joint full of college students now in Gainesville. Have the G 19 in a raven systems on the right rear as always.
When people face the possibility of freezing or starving there is little chance they are going to listen to unfounded claims of climate doomsday from a bunch of ultra-rich yacht sailing private jet-setting carbon-spewing hypocrite elites
Rural is a bit more relaxed than those damned to live in cities.
Still I have something on me at all times regardless. It may be to small IMHO, but better than nothing and may at least be a way out if it ever did.
ALwyas something bigger in the car. And if AR prices stay down, we probably both will have dedicated ARs in the car soon enough that never leave. Just don't have "cheap" enough ones that I want to leave in there now...
I do not shoot at stuff like coyotes and ground hogs off the road way, nor deer, though I have shot an armadillo or two in the driveway on our property coming home, and a fox and a skunk in the pasture when all I had was a front pocket full of 380....
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
I've carried a Glock 36 every single day for about 15 years. I switched to a G-43 last year just for a smaller platform and a couple more rounds. Things are getting so wild with mobs,I've been considering switching to a G-19 and carrying a couple spare mags. I figure I would be prosecuted just as thoroughly for killing 3-4 as I would be for 20, but I might get a day in court with more firepower available.
If my pants are on, then so is a pistol, and I'm not far from one even if they're off.............
This! My 1911 is on my side right now as it has been since I got dressed this morning. Before I got dressed it was on my night stand. I will add two extra mags if I walk out the door.
My boss is a liberal, and I work in many city and state buildings, so it is not an option while working. After hours is another story.
So do I. Not carrying is not an option.
Single income, with a sick wife. I pay more in medical than mortgage. Intentional attempting to get fired (And arrested) is not an option. The law here is that that "gun-free" sign means jail time if caught. The act of entering, if prominently displayed, is a crime in itself.
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
Always a blade. Usually an LCP. Cooler weather and different clothing, my Combat Commander.
Kid was at stoplight last weekend, and a drive by shooting happened at the intersection. Told her jokingly that she needs a Ruger 10mm 1911 and return the fun.
I'll let her shoot mine when I get it (told LGS to get one). Proly get a Glock mid size 9mm for her in reality.
Knife laws are even more screwed up than gun laws.
An unemployed Jester, is nobody's Fool.
the only real difference between a good tracker and a bad tracker, is observation. all the same data is present for both. The rest, is understanding what you're seeing.
Two pistols: IWB and a backup in my truck for me or somebody else who might need it.
I've been thinking about a backup AR in the truck. Haven't thoroughly thought it through yet, but with all the mob violence on TV, makes you wonder "what if?"
"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee
I do alot of work for banks and schools not a good mixture for open carry
LOL, good luck with your carry permit if you think it is going to allow you to carry in schools.
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Give a man a welfare check, a forty ounce malt liquor, a crack pipe, an Obama phone, free health insurance. and some Air Jordan's and he votes Democrat for a lifetime.
I do that sometimes but at 3;00 not 6:00. To hard for me to get to if I am sitting or driving and in a fight if pushed on my back it would be really hard to get out.
Have been battling a brutal case of sciatica and a pulled groin muscle from it for the last couple weeks. Did that stop me from carrying when I leave the house? Hell no. Just dropped down to my old carry of a Kahr PM9 in a Galco OWB and loosened my belt a notch.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want.
Sig 938 with crimson trace w/2 spare mags is my edc,colder weather my edc is my h&k p7m8 w/2 spare mags.i' m stuck with 10 rnd. Mags untill i leave this commie hell hole.trying to sell house,i d be happy to break even.looked around the coeur d lane area,seems nice.
Dont leave home without one, usually a P226 40 with two spare mags of 15 rounds each riding in a rear pocket with an AR-10 or 15 in the truck, also carry a 6" Bagwell damascus skinner on my belt too, a Les Baer 45 ACP is less than a foot away as I type, with another AR-15 propped up against the desk at my boots, 31 rounds of 55 gr TSX ready to go.
If my pants are on, then so is a pistol, and I'm not far from one even if they're off.............
This! My 1911 is on my side right now as it has been since I got dressed this morning. Before I got dressed it was on my night stand. I will add two extra mags if I walk out the door.
Same here, either my S&W 431 or Colt Government Model .380.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
Living out where I do I can and do carry what ever I feel like every day, but most times around the home I wear something that is more of a "hunting/outdoorsmans" gun. Large revolvers in 357, 44 or 45 sometimes. Sometimes a Ruger 22 auto, or a full size 45 or 9MM auto. It just what I feel like, on whatever day I choose, unless I have some specific purpose in mind for that day.
However, as much as I love my handguns ,and I do carry every day, I am always within about 10-15 seconds max of a semi-auto rifle, usually a 308, but often it's a 223 or 7.62X39. At night I can grab my rifle as fast or faster then I can get my handgun. The handgun stays on my belt inside my pants, sometimes 4 to 6 feet away, but the rifle is 1 foot from my headboard.
On warm days when I go to town, a rifle will stay in the truck, but if I am going into public buildings and stores I carry a small 45 ACP most times, because it hides easier then my large frame revolvers or full size autos.
In the winter it becomes less of an issue here because it's cold, and the long coats I wear hide anything I want to carry just fine, up to and including a 6.5" 44 mag.
I'm about to leave the farm and head to a local country hardware store, yup, p226 with 46 rounds and an AR-10 with two banded 20 rounders with 130 TSX's are going with me, along with my damascus skinner, you just never know.
"No butt crack" is exactly what you showed, thankfully.
_________________________________________________________________________ “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
Though we're a bit rural, I do now and have for many, many years carried ( when carrying wasn't cool ). And, because my XD only carries six, I carry two spare mags.... Helps balance the strong side!! memtb
As mentioned in another thread, I've buried three close friends. Had they been carrying, maybe I'd have attended only one or two funerals!
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You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
Glock 22...24 phuggin 7...... Life style is sterile, low key and below the radar. No one will give me a second glance. I know several LEO's and active duty military that still DON'T carry off duty !!!
What will it take to convince them.....
Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad.
Wherever I'm legal to carry, I do, and 99% of the time it's a Glock 17 carried IWB in an El Paso Saddlery C-Force IWB. In rare cases, when zero printing is a priority, I drop down to my Glock 43 carried the same way.
this morning as we were getting ready to go to town for DR.s appointment i picked up my S&W 39 and slipped it on my belt. it has a spring clip retainer. my wife looked at me funny and asked why i was packing 2 guns today. My Springfield A1 was already on my waist and i had forgotten. i have carried a 1911 45 of one flavor or the other daily for close to 50 years. would forget my pants before my weapon. i am blessed to live where i do. i go into the bank and the teller always checks out my waist for the concealed . always asks what i am carrying. even sold a sp101 to one of the tellers.
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the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
S&W Airlite PD 44 mag is on a gun belt under a vest eve ywherevI go.
Gotdamn, 44 mag airlite, you could choot a sombitch in front of ya and knock holy hell out of another one standing behind you, you've got center field and homeplate covered nicely from the pitchers mound. lol
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
I never leave home without a gun. Period! And I truly hope I never need it.
But in my thinking, the old saying that "it's better to be judged by 12 than carried by six." Just makes a whole lot of sense!
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
I'm about to leave the farm and head to a local country hardware store, yup, p226 with 46 rounds and an AR-10 with two banded 20 rounders with 130 TSX's are going with me, along with my damascus skinner, you just never know.
I'm thinking about putting the AR into the truck inventory, be good to have if needed.
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
I'm about to leave the farm and head to a local country hardware store, yup, p226 with 46 rounds and an AR-10 with two banded 20 rounders with 130 TSX's are going with me, along with my damascus skinner, you just never know.
I'm thinking about putting the AR into the truck inventory, be good to have if needed.
An AR-15 resides permantly in my truck. Mainly, mine's used for hogs, coyotes, and culling does at the Ranch. But it and 15 30 round P-mags and 5 10 round hunting mags that also are in the truck would also work well for any two legged critters, if need be.
It has a 20" heavy match grade barrel and wears a Leupold VXR 4x12 scope with the fire dot reticle and CDS dial set to go all the way out to 700 yards with a turn of the knob. It will shoot 1.5" 5-shot 100 yard groups with the Federal Military 62 grain Green tip ammo, and 5-shot 100 yard 1/2" groups with the Remington Factory Hog Hammer ammo or the Hornady Factory 55 grain V-Max ammo.
No telling how many hogs, coyotes, and does it has accounted for. I lost count long ago.
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"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
I'm about to leave the farm and head to a local country hardware store, yup, p226 with 46 rounds and an AR-10 with two banded 20 rounders with 130 TSX's are going with me, along with my damascus skinner, you just never know.
I'm thinking about putting the AR into the truck inventory, be good to have if needed.
An AR-15 resides permantly in my truck. Mainly, mine's used for hogs, coyotes, and culling does at the Ranch. But it and 15 30 round P-mags and 5 10 round hunting mags that also are in the truck would also work well for any two legged critters, if need be.
It has a 20" heavy match grade barrel and wears a Leupold VXR 4x12 scope with the fire dot reticle and CDS dial set to go all the way out to 700 yards with a turn of the knob. It will shoot 1.5" 5-shot 100 yard groups with the Federal Military 62 grain Green tip ammo, and 5-shot 100 yard 1/2" groups with the Remington Factory Hog Hammer ammo or the Hornady Factory 55 grain V-Max ammo.
No telling how many hogs, coyotes, and does it has accounted for. I lost count long ago.
Capacity can never be a bad thing gents, guess same would be another reason we're not settling skirmishes with Trapdoor Springfields anymore.
A buddy of mine had a gun leaned up in a corner in every room of his house, every vehicle, tractors with cabs and always one if not two or possibly 3 when it was cooler on his body.
Drawers on table next to his chair and maybe even in kitchen cabinet drawers.
Sumbitch was ready when the schitt hit the fan!
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
Living in Arizona its hard to carry concealed because of the heat. I wear tactical pants and shorts 99 % of the time, so its easy to drop my s&w 380 into my front pants pocket and there is no imprinting. I know, the 380 is marginal but beats crying and begging for my life if I didn't carry it. I have tried small 9mm's but most are larger and heaver. They pull my pants down and I have trouble keeping them up anyway.
Dennis
Lets start over and talk about something you know about, like Mexican food.
Living in Arizona its hard to carry concealed because of the heat. I wear tactical pants and shorts 99 % of the time, so its easy to drop my s&w 380 into my front pants pocket and there is no imprinting. I know, the 380 is marginal but beats crying and begging for my life if I didn't carry it. I have tried small 9mm's but most are larger and heaver. They pull my pants down and I have trouble keeping them up anyway.
I hear you on that. I can't wear a belt so it has to be something in my pocket or some kind of clip on type rig, most of which I've tried just were not comfortable. So it's just an S&W M60 .38 Spl. in my pocket with a couple of speed loaders in another pocket. I do have a Walther PPK/s .380 but in this heat sweating means rust so it stays home. Paul B.
Our forefathers did not politely protest the British.They did not vote them out of office, nor did they impeach the king,march on the capitol or ask permission for their rights. ----------------They just shot them. MOLON LABE
Living in Arizona its hard to carry concealed because of the heat. I wear tactical pants and shorts 99 % of the time, so its easy to drop my s&w 380 into my front pants pocket and there is no imprinting. I know, the 380 is marginal but beats crying and begging for my life if I didn't carry it. I have tried small 9mm's but most are larger and heaver. They pull my pants down and I have trouble keeping them up anyway.
Exact same reason I went with the little Sig P238. It's stainless so no corrosion worries, I carry it in a Galco pocket holster, works perfectly for hot weather wear. Even when wearing jeans, it slips easily into and out of my right front pants pockets. I have a 1911 but it is just too much for me to carry anymore. My Ram truck carries it just fine.
I've carried a Glock 36 every single day for about 15 years. I switched to a G-43 last year just for a smaller platform and a couple more rounds. Things are getting so wild with mobs,I've been considering switching to a G-19 and carrying a couple spare mags. I figure I would be prosecuted just as thoroughly for killing 3-4 as I would be for 20, but I might get a day in court with more firepower available.
Good choice. I have a 43, 26, 29 and two 19's. The 43 is nice, but lacks round count a bit. I keep going back to the Gen4 19. The Gen5's will be out soon! I'll buy another 19 a year or two after they start surfacing. The 26 might get sold (strongly dislike it and the wife likes the 19's) and the 29 is a woods gun.
Living in Arizona its hard to carry concealed because of the heat. I wear tactical pants and shorts 99 % of the time, so its easy to drop my s&w 380 into my front pants pocket and there is no imprinting. I know, the 380 is marginal but beats crying and begging for my life if I didn't carry it. I have tried small 9mm's but most are larger and heaver. They pull my pants down and I have trouble keeping them up anyway.
Get a good belt and holster. I wear cargo shorts and a t-shirt all summer and have no issues with a compact 9 (not subcompact). Should be no different in AZ. Tactical clothing screams "gun" too by the way.
I have not felt the "need" to carry here in N. Idaho so much, but over the last few years I've changed my mind. I carry a Sig P938 when needing to be discreet, I have a couple other choices when it's colder out, and have double mag pouches for them. Wanting another 9mm compact for my wife. I'd dare say probably 75% of the rigs around here have a rifle in them. Crime is pretty low around here for some reason. Times have sure changed. Used to be a coyote messing with calves was the most likely threat. A bolt rifle seemed most appropriate. I now keep an AR handy, and with spare mags. Won't go into town unarmed. It's a matter of time before tensions boil over.
“You never need fear a man, no matter what his size. When danger threatens, call on me, and I will equalize.” Samuel Colt.
�Common sense is genius dressed up in work clothes.� - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Something, always. But I'm not much of a warrior, just an old country boy. Usually a Buckmark or 22/45 around the place, with at least a shot or two fired, most days. Got lots of varmints. Leaving home, the .22 is traded for a Colt 1911, in the same Mernickle leather the .22 was in. Dressing better, the .45 goes IWB. Dressing heavily, which hardly ever happens anymore, often an SP101 in a pocket. On the lawnmower, often a Lightning .38, 3 1/2", first shell up is snakeshot. Again, Mernickle leather. That Lightning is as easy to carry as anything, and very easy to hit with at close range. At night, the 1911 is at hand, as is a short 20 gauge pump.
We travel often....Mostly in the inter mountain west.. Here I carry my j frame .357 everyday.. Also full size revolvers mostly .357's or 44's.. Haven't been carrying my AR there, but usually have 2 or 3 rifles in the truck when outdoors..
When we travel to the east to visit, the j frame goes with, also a a kit gun in .22lr.. In rural areas one in each vest pocket makes a nice balance.. But when on the road in populated areas, we usually keep a 19 and 21 close at hand.. Either a 357 or 44 rides in my lap.. The wife has a 357 and a Glock .380.. In the future, given today's environment the AR will probably ride somewhere in the cab.. Other pistols are in a bag behind my seat... We just bought a Glock 42 and 43 for carry.. Equipped the wife's with a laser sight.. With trifocals it makes shooting much easier..
In the summer I mostly carry a Glock 26 in a Mitch Rosen 5JR with 124 grain +P Federal HST's and of course a backup magazine. Around the neighborhood it's more minimal and I often carry a S&W 442 with a speed strip for a reload. During the cooler months it's usually a Glock 19 with 147 grain Federal HST's (same thing the local cops carry). In the mountains I'm usually hiking and larger animals are a possibility so I carry my Glock 36 with Buffalo Bore 230 grain +P truncated cone FMJ's for penetration plus a spare mag of 230 grain Federal HST's for human predators. At home I have AR's with loaded 30 round mags and a Remington Versamax 12 gauge with buckshot and slugs. And of course I always carry a lockback folder, generally a Benchmade.
if you are not, you might consider it. Times are getting rough.
I carry every day & my go-to, for the most part, has been a Commander sized 1911, but I have gone to a higher capacity gun in the more recent months with at least one extra mag, usually a G-23 or G19.
I used to carry a J-frame as a pocket gun when carrying a belt holstered gun wasn't always convenient................I've stopped carrying the J-frame except as a 2nd gun & have gone to bigger pockets & a G-27 or the G-27 in a Remora holster. That a very concealable rig that keeps a fair amount of firepower available, especially with an extra mag, for anything except long range work.
My wife and I both carry 24/7/365. I feel naked without my pistol. I have had to pull it once in the 25 years I've carried and that was on a big Rottweiler that came charging out of the tall grass where I'd parked. I didn't have to shoot it as much as I wanted to because that dog hit the brakes and did a 180* when it was looking down the barrel of a .45. Funny that even a dumb dog knows when it's over its head. When we travel our pistols go with us along with a copy of that states CCW reciprocity and applicable laws. I minimize our chances of being a victim as much as possible and hope I never have to use it but the way this country is going I'll be surprised if I don't.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
I have not felt the "need" to carry here in N. Idaho so much, but over the last few years I've changed my mind.
Same here Nate......for years my only interest in handguns was a couple of 22's I use for trapping but as crazy as the world's getting I recently picked up a 1911 for home defense and a little S&W Airweight 38 that lives in my Taco. I don't know how much I'll actually carry it but it's nice to have it handy in case I want to slip it into a jacket/pants pocket. I doubt that I'll ever have an AR but my little Marlin carbine 44mag is always handy.
I just bought my dear, little wife a 1911-22 Compact. She told me she no longer wants to carry the Model 60 as our grandson has found out that Grandma' always has candy or gum in her purse and he doesn't bother to ask for it - he just burrows in and takes it. She wanted an semi-automatic that she could pull the mag out of and render it harmless. She wanted to have a .22 so she could shoot it more...!! I didn't argue (as if that would have changed things) I just ordered it for her. She said that she really likes it because it is a 1911 and it is so easy to operate. I know that it is a mouse gun and it couldn't hurt a flea, etc, etc but she is pretty good with it and it is better than her going without.
“My horn is full and my pouch is stocked with ball and patch. There is a new, sharp flint in my lock and my rifle and I are ready. It is sighted true and my eyes can still aim.” Kaywoodie
My wife had been shopping for a new purse and wound up going to the Coach store at our local outlet. She walked out with 2 nice purses because they had the kind of zippered pocket for her revolver. I'm proud that she'd shop for a purse specifically to carry her handgun and for buying herself something, she never shops for herself. 😁
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
I waited 8 years to get my concealed carry license, mainly did so due to it being an obtained right. Up to then I was perfectly happy packing my 870 which is legal in Texas "in any manner".
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee
I swap back n forth between a khar cw9 a xds 45 and a p238 for during the week don't have my ccw but they ride openly in the console or sit at my desk as far as the home front depending on my chores it's either the cw9 with cast boolits or a 38 snubbie with snake shot
Keep a Glock in the center console of my daily driver. Same concern as above. The crowds seem to be getting larger. Any suggestions or strategies to discretely transport an AR in the cabin of a 4 door sedan?
Keep a Glock in the center console of my daily driver. Same concern as above. The crowds seem to be getting larger. Any suggestions or strategies to discretely transport an AR in the cabin of a 4 door sedan?
gen 2 Glock 19 on the hip, Smith wesson J Frame air weight in the counsol, Ar pistol with 300rds under the back seat, body armor if I'm going to NOG ville.
I carry every day. As someone said, if my pants are on, so is a gun. Things are worse than they were. It's time we are prepared, for anyone that has bad intentions toward us.
NRA LIFE MEMBER GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS! "Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." -Mark Twain
Mostly a S&W Shield in 9mm. I am feeling more comfort with pocket carry lately. I also carry occasionally a Ruger LC9 in front pocket. The pockets are deep enough and it doesn't print. I think most people are oblivious anyway to CC.
Fight fire, save lives, laugh in the face of danger.
After reading through this thread I'm convinced not to ever again cross over into the States for a visit.
Once you get away from the big cities, generally no issue. However, if your view of the U.S. is Detroit from the Ambassador Bridge, yeah, I'd go back to Timmy's and get a double-double also... Or to the "Moose" and get some putene...
As far as daily carry goes it use to be that except for around the house or in town I would. A couple days ago my granddaughter saw someone on our back deck and when they saw her took off running. Only three families on our ridge. Each 1/4mi or more away. Probably no big deal but for the first time in over 20yrs I've lived in this house my Glock 19 w/115gr XTP's will be on me or within arms reach. At least for a while.